48 Hours a Day

“The business of the refinery suddenly turned sharp and even the economy of the town began to deteriorate. Captain Old thought of the lead, so he told the town that he had a way to bring back the gold and the fish. At first, there was opposition, especially from a man who had been on the island with him, but then the opposition was crowded out, so Captain Old could finally get back to the business of the refinery. ”

“But by 46 years, things had gotten a little overwhelming, there were so many missing people in the town, and so many people had seen those half-human monsters crawl out of the water, so some people, including the city council, started to want to resist, and they had been in contact, gathering a lot of people, and eventually Obaid and the 23 people who followed him were put in jail, but the trial against them had not yet been held in time, and one night… countless shadows had climbed ashore from the water, and gunshots and screams were everywhere in the square, in the church, in the field monopoly, all the way until dawn, and half the town had disappeared.

“Obaid and the 23 men came out of prison, and the other half, headed by him, claimed that a plague had struck this place, causing widespread death, and yes, that plague was an excuse for them to cover it all up, and since then they had lost control, and they had finally slipped to the abyss of evil, and everything had begun to rot and die, especially as the first children had grown up and adults had begun to show the difference, and more and more people had become ugly, and those monsters had crawled in dark attics and basements, and fewer and fewer normal people in town could see through them until today. ”

Faberlicott's voice was trembling, "I was comforted when I first heard these things, it was just old Allen drinking nonsense, but after all this, he suddenly grabbed me by the shoulder and told me it was coming, and it was too late! It was too late. It was too late. After all this, I saw him rush up the distant embankment and jump from it. ”

“Has anyone seen him talking to you?” Zhang Heng asked.

“I don't know, I panicked at the time, I should have saved him, normal people should have saved him, or at least made sure he didn't die, I mean he was irritated because of me after all, although I thought he was mentally ill at the time, but I didn't, I just stood there and felt like I was strangled by something, and when I realized that everything was irretrievable, I turned back to the square and wanted to take the 8: 00 p.m. car to Arkham, but the driver suddenly told me that there was going to be a celebration at night, the bus shutdown for a day, and then I met you at the Gilman Hostel. ”

“Do you know what Old Allen mentioned about it? ”

“No, I have no idea, I told you everything I know," said Fabericott, "and if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes tonight, I wouldn't have believed this strange and horrible thing was really happening in the world. I swear, this whole thing is giving me more excitement tonight than any weird thing I've ever encountered in my life, and if we're lucky enough to leave this place safely, I'm not coming back. ”

After he finished, he looked at Zhang Heng with the hope, “We can leave, right? ”

Zhang Heng was not in a hurry to answer. He looked back towards the embankment. Those dark shadows still stood there and did not move.

Then Zhang Heng turned around and said to Fabericott, “You didn't tell me the truth. ”

“What do you mean?” Fabericott was stunned, "I can't hide anything in this situation anymore, or I'll be joking about my own little life. ”

Zhang Heng didn't answer the question and turned, “I'm just curious that you've put so much effort into acting like this. What is it all about, just to show me? ”

Fabericott's face was stunned.

“You didn't come by bus," Zhang Hengdao, "actually the bus never left the place, I checked the dirt on its wheels and wheels, it hadn't moved for at least 10 hours in terms of wind drying, and the grocery store was the same problem, from the floating ashes on the counter, I don't think it's been open in the last week, and you said you talked to the employee brother there in the afternoon, plus the abandoned houses. ”

“What's wrong with housing?” asked Fabericott.

“It is true that some of them collapsed as a result of years of neglect, but others, especially those on the seafront, were man-made and distinctly different from natural collapses, and in some parts of town I saw traces of tank tracks. ”

“Just for a little while, did you find so much stuff?” Fabericott was surprised.

“I have a better sense of observation than you think.” Zhang Hengdao, “so when exactly, when I first came here, I asked the first person to talk to me, and he said it was July 15, 1927, and the newspaper in the front desk of the Gilman Hostel was a year ago, but the magazine on the table was also July 15, and you seemed to be hinting at me this way, today is July 15, why? There's nothing special about this day. ”

“Whatever the number of days, is it true that everything you are working on is happening, and does it evoke any memories?” The young expatriate questioned.

“Save the word game or something.” Zhang Hengdao, “the young man in your story, did he finally escape? ”

“Did he escape?” Young expatriates speak for themselves.

“I guess we got out of here, otherwise there wouldn't be military intervention, tank tracks on the ground, old houses that were blown up, that's what happened. ”

Fabericott finally stopped disguising himself and retracted the surprised look on his face, sighing, "Your reasoning and observation skills are not just a little better, as you said, but there is something wrong with you. ”

“Please also indicate.” Zhang Hengyang raised his eyebrows.

“I'm the young man, and that young man is really me, or who I was. ”

“Interesting, as you said before, usually people don't come back here for the rest of their lives after what they've been through. ”

“That's true, but remember when we first met, I said this trip was about family genealogy, in addition to looking at the natural scenery and visiting the monuments. ”

“Do you have blood here?” Zhang Hengsuan, “were you born here and left in your lifetime? That's why I don't know anything about it. ”

“More specifically, my great-grandmother, a member of the Marsh family, is the illegitimate daughter of Captain Obaid Marsh. ”